Event Notes: Pakistan May Wait Another Year Before Unveiling Pakistan Super League

Pakistan "may have to wait another year before unveiling its own big-money franchise Twenty20 league." This weekend the Pakistan Cricket Board "was due to open financial bids from two parties" who want the rights to run the Pakistan Super League for the next 15 years. But the PCB "decided to delay the opening of the bids by 10 days," to Aug. 18 (THE NATIONAL, 8/10). ... The Int'l Cricket Council confirmed that India and Pakistan "are set to play a bilateral series" in Dec. '15. This "will be the first of six series scheduled between the two countries" during the eight-year future tours program cycle from '15-23 (PAKISTAN TODAY, 8/9).